Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 94.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	56.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit farver, 2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit farver
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170629
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 01 '17 at 06:57
Run Duration	120 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600K-$170 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.6% Outstanding	Memory 97 1-Core 134 2-Core 272 94% 167 Pts	4-Core 532 8-Core 536 71% 534 Pts	64-Core 538 33% 538 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 94.6% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Asus(1043 8508) CLim: 1540 MHz, MLim: 1822 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.43 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 43% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ ARC 100 240GB-$120 11,799 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 76GB free Firmware: 1.01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 0 0 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5778 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1657 (AB) Unknown 100 100 80313168 (AE) Unknown 100 100 58 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (D0) Spin buzz 100 100 125 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 1 (E9) Unknown 96 96 96 (F1) Unknown 100 100 7193 (F2) Unknown 100 100 19590 (F9) Unknown 100 100 453595283	83.7% Excellent	Read 467 Write 409 Mixed 438 98% 438 MB/s	4K Read 27.4 4K Write 123 4K Mixed 16.4 128% 55.6 MB/s	DQ Read 24.3 DQ Write 132 DQ Mixed 67.3 55% 74.4 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 83.7% Great: 101%
OCZ Trion 150 240GB-$196 15,660 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 36GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFZ12.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4348 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1091 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 150 150 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 114 (C2) HDA temperature 72 58 180389675036 (F1) Unknown 100 100 255006	56.4% Above average	Read 520 Write 276 Mixed 301 80% 366 MB/s	4K Read 2.53 4K Write 76.5 4K Mixed 7.27 54% 28.8 MB/s	DQ Read 24.3 DQ Write 119 DQ Mixed 7.26 24% 50.3 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 56.4% Great: 95%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$201 13,611 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	MC Read 38.2 MC Write 42.3 MC Mixed 30.8 106% 37.1 GB/s	SC Read 22.2 SC Write 43.6 SC Mixed 31.5 93% 32.4 GB/s	Latency 50.3 80% 50.3 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 103%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO - $200

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	4,612x
Core i5-6600KIntel $113Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	854x
Core i7-7700KIntel $248Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	606x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,001x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	901x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	477x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	443x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	320x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	182x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	351x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	258x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	138x

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Value: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $695

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16